WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY PLC

Active
Company number 04093919Public limited companyIncorporated 2000

Key figures

£1,930,005-8.1%
Net assets 2025/26
+36.8%
Average annual growth 2021/22–2025/26
01 m2 m3 m2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 49100

Where the company stands among the 736 active companies whose first SIC code is 49100 (Passenger rail transport, interurban).

Turnover£635,589
Lower than 76% · median £5,705,000 among 56 that publish turnover
Net assets£1,930,005
Higher than 84% · median £30,923
Total assets£2,457,390
Higher than 80% · median £97,153
Cash£240,043
Higher than 62% · median £112,469
Employees8
Higher than 85% · median 1
Company age26.1 years
Older than 79% · median 7.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. HITACHI RAIL LIMITED£3bn
  2. ARRIVA LIMITED£759.5m
  3. ARRIVA UK TRAINS LIMITED£247.7m
  4. ARRIVA TRAINS HOLDINGS LIMITED£116.4m
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS COMPANY LIMITED£64.1m
  6. PORTERBROOK MAINTENANCE LIMITED£46.6m
  7. GOVIA THAMESLINK RAILWAY LIMITED£39.7m
  8. THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED£38.6m
  9. RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED£35.8m
  10. WHITTLES PROPERTIES MANCHESTER LIMITED£29.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 736. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY PLC

What kind of company is it?

WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04093919. It was incorporated on 20 Oct 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in Northallerton (DL7). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is passenger rail transport, interurban (49100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £635,589. Loss for the year was £171,274. Net assets were £1,930,005, down 8.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £240,043. Total assets were £2,457,390 and total liabilities £324,256. The company had an average of 8 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2021/22–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 736 active companies whose first SIC code is 49100: By turnover it ranks lower than 76% of the 56 that publish turnover (median £5,705,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 84% of them (median £30,923). By total assets it ranks higher than 80% of them (median £97,153). By cash it ranks higher than 62% of them (median £112,469). By number of employees it ranks higher than 85% of them (median 1). It is older than 79% of them (median age 7.1 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £135k, from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 8 current directors. 2 of 2 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2021/22–2025/26
2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
Turnover595,684528,405659,104583,524635,589
Profit for the year-21,887795,639169,933-205,765-171,274
Cash at bank and in hand10,225100,734239,292261,867240,043
Total assets1,315,3722,453,2292,597,4242,456,0552,457,390
Total liabilities764,928325,568299,730254,012324,256
Net assets / total equity550,4442,127,6612,297,6942,100,0791,930,005
Average number of employees77898
Average pay (per year)26,43120,87913,30713,53922,180

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

2 grants

WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY PLC is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £135k.

Grants
  1. CRF21: Wensleydale Railway PlcDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £45,000 · ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
  2. CRF20: Wensleydale Railway PlcDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £90,000 · ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

History

119 events
  1. Philip John Crosby SMITH resignedSecretary
  2. Ian Gareth ROBERTS appointedSecretary
  3. Matthew William JERVIS resignedDirector
  4. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £635.6k, net assets £1.9m, 8 employees
  5. John Ralph SMITHSON resignedDirector
  6. Jonathan David TRUEMAN appointedDirector
  7. Matthew William JERVIS appointedDirector
  8. Timothy WILLIAMSON resignedDirector
Earlier events (111)
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £583.5k, net assets £2.1m, 9 employees
  2. Timothy Paul GREGSON appointedDirector
  3. Stephen DAVIES resignedDirector
  4. Carl Anthony LES resignedDirector
  5. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £659.1k, net assets £2.3m, 8 employees
  6. Terrance Leslie LARDER resignedDirector
  7. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £528.4k, net assets £2.1m, 7 employees
  8. Philip John Crosby SMITH appointedSecretary
  9. Clifford Martin ALMOND resignedDirector
  10. Martin Derick CLEAVER appointedDirector
  11. Richard Thomas LEATHLEY appointedDirector
  12. Nigel PARK appointedDirector
  13. John Ralph SMITHSON appointedDirector
  14. Janet Rosalind CRAMPTON resignedDirector
  15. Timothy WILLIAMSON appointedDirector
  16. James Douglas LOVERIDGE resignedSecretary
  17. Guy James Clarke LOVERIDGE resignedDirector
  18. Andrew John JONES resignedDirector
  19. Richard James HOLT resignedDirector
  20. Malcolm John LYNCH resignedSecretary
  21. James Douglas LOVERIDGE appointedSecretary
  22. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £595.7k, net assets £550.4k, 7 employees
  23. Norman Jeffrey HUGILL resignedDirector
  24. Andrew John JONES appointedDirector
  25. Terrance Leslie LARDER appointedDirector
  26. Clifford Martin ALMOND appointedDirector
  27. Janet Rosalind CRAMPTON appointedDirector
  28. Graham HARRIS resignedDirector
  29. Norman Jeffrey HUGILL appointedDirector
  30. Guy James Clarke LOVERIDGE appointedDirector
  31. Alex Michael DUDIAK appointedDirector
  32. Nigel PARK resignedDirector
  33. Paul Michael WARREN resignedDirector
  34. John Alan RICHARDSON resignedDirector
  35. Stephen Geoffrey HALL resignedDirector
  36. Jerry Andrew DICKINSON resignedDirector
  37. Stephen DAVIES appointedDirector
  38. Jerry Andrew DICKINSON appointedDirector
  39. Paul Michael WARREN appointedDirector
  40. David Alan HAXBY resignedDirector
  41. Kenneth MONKMAN resignedDirector
  42. Richard James HOLT appointedDirector
  43. Colin MEDDES resignedDirector
  44. Russell Frederick LORD appointedDirector
  45. John Alan RICHARDSON appointedDirector
  46. Graham HARRIS appointedDirector
  47. Colin MEDDES appointedDirector
  48. Neil Edic Harold BARKER resignedDirector
  49. Russell Frederick LORD resignedDirector
  50. Andrew Alexander MAUDE resignedDirector
  51. Stephen Geoffrey HALL appointedDirector
  52. Gordon STEADMAN resignedDirector
  53. Neil Edic Harold BARKER appointedDirector
  54. Peter Anthony DEW resignedDirector
  55. Janet Rosalind CRAMPTON resignedDirector
  56. David WALKER appointedDirector
  57. Nigel PARK appointedDirector
  58. Gordon STEADMAN appointedDirector
  59. John MAZZUCCHI resignedDirector
  60. David Alan HAXBY appointedDirector
  61. Kenneth MONKMAN appointedDirector
  62. David PILGRIM resignedDirector
  63. Stephen Michael CRAGGS resignedDirector
  64. David PILGRIM appointedDirector
  65. Stephen Michael CRAGGS appointedDirector
  66. Peter Anthony DEW appointedDirector
  67. John MAZZUCCHI appointedDirector
  68. Robert Charles WHITEHOUSE resignedDirector
  69. Stephen Travis DEANE resignedDirector
  70. David Ian LITTLEFAIR resignedDirector
  71. Ian Christopher Redmond SESNAN resignedDirector
  72. Janet Rosalind CRAMPTON appointedDirector
  73. Russell Frederick LORD appointedDirector
  74. Chrystobel Ruth ANNISON resignedDirector
  75. Carl Anthony LES appointedDirector
  76. Robert Charles WHITEHOUSE appointedDirector
  77. Christopher Richard LEAH resignedDirector
  78. David Ian LITTLEFAIR appointedDirector
  79. Andrew Alexander MAUDE appointedDirector
  80. David Ian LITTLEFAIR resignedDirector
  81. David Ian LITTLEFAIR appointedDirector
  82. Philip KIRKLAND resignedDirector
  83. Ian Christopher Redmond SESNAN appointedDirector
  84. Malcolm John LYNCH appointedSecretary
  85. Colin Andrew LINDSAY resignedSecretary
  86. Christopher Richard LEAH appointedDirector
  87. Keith Gordon CAMERON resignedDirector
  88. Mark William David FLATHER resignedDirector
  89. Colin John BROWN resignedDirector
  90. David Michael BENTLEY resignedDirector
  91. Scott Andrew HANDLEY resignedDirector
  92. Philip KIRKLAND appointedDirector
  93. Clive John ROBERTS resignedDirector
  94. David Michael BENTLEY appointedDirector
  95. Andrew Alexander MAUDE resignedDirector
  96. Nicholas John BULLOCK resignedDirector
  97. Stephen Travis DEANE appointedDirector
  98. Colin John BROWN appointedDirector
  99. Keith Gordon CAMERON appointedDirector
  100. Andrew Alexander MAUDE appointedDirector
  101. Clive John ROBERTS appointedDirector
  102. Jean COLLIER resignedSecretary
  103. Anthony Peter RIDGE resignedDirector
  104. Colin Andrew LINDSAY appointedSecretary
  105. Chrystobel Ruth ANNISON appointedDirector
  106. Nicholas John BULLOCK appointedDirector
  107. Mark William David FLATHER appointedDirector
  108. Scott Andrew HANDLEY appointedDirector
  109. Jean COLLIER appointedSecretary
  110. Anthony Peter RIDGE appointedDirector
  111. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.